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x Roe v. Wade Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Abortion  
Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. Decided simultaneously with a companion case, Doe v. Bolton, the Court ruled that a right to privacy under the due process clause...
Privacy
x Loving v. Virginia Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Marriage  
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute, the "Racial Integrity Act of 1924", unconstitutional, thereby...
Race
x Loizidou vs Turkey European Court of Human Rights building in Strasbourg      
Loizidou v. Turkey is a landmark legal case regarding the rights of refugees wishing to return to their former homes and properties. The European Court of Human Rights ruled (24 years after she had filed her case) that Mrs. Titina Loizidou, and...
x L'Estrange v Graucob Cigarette Vending Machine Court of Appeal of England and Wales    
L'Estrange v F Graucob Ltd [1934] 2 KB 394 is a leading English contract law case on the incorporation of terms into a contract by signature. There are exceptions to the rule that a person is bound by his or her signature, including but not limited...
x Ashford v. Thornton Two hand-drawn diagrams of the scene and environs      
Ashford v Thornton [(1818) 106 ER 149] is an English law case in the Court of King's Bench that upheld the right of the defendant, on a private appeal from an acquittal for murder, to trial by battle. In 1817, Abraham Thornton was charged with the...
x American Ins. Co. v. 356 Bales of Cotton Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
American Insurance Company v. 356 Bales of Cotton, 26 U.S. 511 (1828), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States. The case involved the validity of a local court established by Congress in the Florida Territory whose judges lacked...
x New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann   Supreme Court of the United States    
New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann, 285 U.S. 262 (1932), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that due process prevented a state legislature from arbitrarily creating restrictions on new businesses only on the claim that their...
x State v. Kelly   New Jersey Supreme Court   Daniel Joseph O'Hern
State v. Kelly, 97 N.J. 178 (1984), is a Supreme Court of New Jersey case where the defendant, Gladys Kelly, was on trial for the murder of her husband, Ernest Kelly with a pair of scissors. The Supreme Court reversed the case for further trial...
x Subic rape case Gloria Macapagal Arroyo      
The Subic rape case, officially known as People of the Philippines vs. Chad Carpentier, Dominic Duplantis, Keith Silkwood, and Daniel Smith, was a criminal case in the Philippines involving a Filipina and four US Marines. It caught wide media...
x Scopes Trial John t scopes   Creation-evolution controversy  
The Scopes Trial—formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial—was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school science teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating...
x Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko   Supreme Court of the United States    
Correctional Services Corporation v. Malesko, 534 U.S. 61 (2001), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court found that implied damages actions first recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U.S....
x Auer v. Robbins        
Auer v. Robbins, 519 U.S. 452 (1997), is a United States Supreme Court case that deals with overtime pay. The question before the court was “Must sergeants and lieutenants in the St. Louis Police Department be paid for working overtime according to...
x Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner        
Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, 387 U.S. 136 (1967), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court. Abbott Laboratories held that drug companies were not prohibited by the ripeness doctrine from challenging a U.S. Food and Drug...
x McLean v. Arkansas   United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Creation-evolution controversy  
McLean v. Arkansas Board of Education, 529 F. Supp. 1255, 1258-1264 (ED Ark. 1982), was a 1981 legal case in Arkansas. A lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas by various parents, religious groups...
x Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court   Supreme Court of the United States    
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court, 480 U.S. 102 (1987), decided on February 24, 1987, was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which the court decided whether a foreign corporation, by merely being aware that its products...
x California v. Greenwood Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Search and seizure  
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a...
Waste
x Commonwealth v Tasmania /m/02bgrjc High Court of Australia Natural environment Harry Gibbs
Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1, (popularly known as the Tasmanian Dam Case) was a significant Australian court case, decided in the High Court of Australia on 1 July 1983. The case was a landmark decision in Australian constitutional law,...
Franklin Dam Ronald Wilson
Daryl Dawson
x Microsoft vs. Lindows     Trademark  
Microsoft v. Lindows.com, Inc. was a court case brought by Microsoft against Lindows, Inc in December 2001 , claiming that the name "Lindows" was a violation of its trademark "Windows." After two and a half years of court battles, Microsoft paid US...
x Sankey v Whitlam /m/02bgrjc High Court of Australia   Harry Gibbs
Sankey v Whitlam was an important court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 9 November 1978. On 20 November 1975, in the middle of the election campaign which followed the dismissal of the Whitlam government, a Sydney solicitor, Danny...
Kenneth Jacobs
Keith Aickin
x Mabo v Queensland /m/02bgrjc High Court of Australia Native title Ronald Wilson
Mabo v Queensland (No 1) was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 8 December 1988. It found that the Queensland Coast Islands Declaratory Act, which attempted to retrospectively abolish native title rights, was not...
Land rights John Toohey
Daryl Dawson
x Williams v. Price   United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit   Samuel Alito
Williams v. Price, 343 F.3d 223 (3d Cir. 2003) was a 2003 legal case decided in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The appellant was Ronald A. Williams, an African American prisoner; the suit was brought against James Price, a...
x Adelaide Company of Jehovah's Witnesses v Commonwealth /m/02bgrjc High Court of Australia Religion Hayden Starke
Adelaide Company of Jehovah's Witnesses Inc v Commonwealth (1943) 67 CLR 116 was a court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 14 June 1943. In January 1941, acting pursuant to the National Security (Subversive Organisations) Regulations...
John Latham
George Rich
Edward McTiernan
Dudley Williams
x Ray v. Blair Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Election  
Ray v. Blair, 343 U.S. 214 (1952), is a major decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It was a case on state political parties requiring of presidential electors to pledge to vote for the party's nominees before being certified as...
x McLibel case Mcspotlight High Court of Justice Slander and libel Rodger Bell
McDonald's Corporation v Steel & Morris [1997] EWHC QB 366, known as "the McLibel case" was an English lawsuit filed by McDonald's Corporation against environmental activists Helen Steel and David Morris (often referred to as "The McLibel Two") over...
McDonald's Nicolas Bratza
x Kohl v United States   Supreme Court of the United States Eminent domain  
Kohl v. United States, 91 U.S. 367 (1875), was a court case that took place in the Supreme Court of the United States. It invoked the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and is related to the issue of Eminent Domain. Eminent domain was...
x Australian Capital Television Pty Ltd v Commonwealth /m/02bgrjc High Court of Australia Campaign advertising Michael McHugh
Australian Capital Television v Commonwealth (1992) 177 CLR 106 was a significant court case decided in the High Court of Australia on 30 September 1992. It concerned the constitutional validity of Part IIID of the Broadcasting Act 1942, which...
Election Daryl Dawson
John Toohey
x R v Davidson Supreme Court of Victoria Supreme Court of Victoria Abortion  
R v Davidson, also known (particularly among medical practitioners) as the Menhennitt ruling, was a significant ruling delivered in the Supreme Court of Victoria on 26 May 1969. It concerned the legality of abortion in the Australian state of...
x Brown v. Board of Education Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Racial segregation  
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision...
Equal opportunity
x Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Freedom of speech  
Hague v. Committee for Industrial Organization, 307 U.S. 496 (1939), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court. The case involved Jersey City, New Jersey Mayor Frank "Boss" Hague who had in 1937 used a city ordinance to prevent labor...
x Hayburn's Case Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Hayburn's Case, 2 U.S. 409 (1792), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States was invited to rule on whether certain non-judicial duties could be assigned by Congress to the federal circuit courts in their official capacity. This was...
x Chisholm v. Georgia Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. (2 Dall.) 419 (1793), is considered the first United States Supreme Court case of significance and impact. Given its date, there is little available legal precedent (particularly in American law). It was almost...
x Talbot v. Janson   Supreme Court of the United States    
Talbot v. Janson, 3 U.S. 133 (1795), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the jurisdiction of the court extended to the seas and that a citizen of the United States could also hold the citizenship of another nation ...
x Hylton v. United States Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Hylton v. United States, 3 U.S. 171 (1796), was an early United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a tax on carriages did not violate the Article I, Section 9 requirement for the apportioning of direct taxes. It found the...
x Hollingsworth v. Virginia Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Hollingsworth v. Virginia, 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 378 (1798), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled early in America's history that the President of the United States has no formal role in the process of amending the United States...
x Calder v. Bull Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Calder v. Bull, 3 U.S. 386 (1798), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court examined its authority to review state legislature decisions. The Connecticut legislature ordered a new trial in a court case about the contents of a will,...
x New York v. Connecticut Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
New York v. Connecticut, 4 U.S. 1 (1799), was a lawsuit heard by the Supreme Court of the United States between the State of New York against the State of Connecticut in 1799 that arose from a land dispute between private parties. It was the first...
x Marbury v. Madison Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States Judicial review  
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137 (1803) is a landmark case in United States law which formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. The landmark decision helped define the...
x Stuart v. Laird Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Stuart v. Laird, 5 U.S. 299 (1803), was a case decided by the John Marshall-led U.S. Supreme Court, notably a week after the famous Marbury v. Madison. The case regards a circuit judge's judgment, after the judge's job had been abolished by the...
x Little v. Barreme Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Little v. Barreme, 6 U.S. 170 (1804) was an 1804 decision of the United States Supreme Court which found that the President of the United States does not have "inherent authority" or "inherent powers" which allow him to ignore a law passed by the...
x Strawbridge v. Curtiss Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7 U.S. 267 (1806), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States first addressed the question of complete diversity. In a 158 word opinion the court held that for federal diversity jurisdiction under section 11...
x Ex parte Bollman Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Ex parte Bollman, 8 U.S. (Cranch 4) 75 (1807), was a case brought before the United States Supreme Court. Three main points were established in this early and formative civil liberties case: Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout were civilians who...
x Fletcher v. Peck Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. 87 (1810), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision. The first case in which the Supreme Court ruled a state law unconstitutional, the decision also helped create a growing precedent for the sanctity of legal...
x United States v. Hudson and Goodwin Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
United States v. Hudson and Goodwin, 11 U.S. 32 (1812), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that Congress must first enact a law criminalizing an activity, attach a penalty, and give the federal courts jurisdiction over the...
x Martin v. Hunter's Lessee Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case decided on March 20, 1816. It was the first case to assert ultimate Supreme Court authority over state courts in matters of federal law. During the...
x McCulloch v. Maryland Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. The state of Maryland had attempted to impede operation of a branch of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on all notes...
x Sturges v. Crowninshield Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Sturges v. Crowninshield, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 122 (1819), dealt with the constitutionality of New York creating bankruptcy laws and retroactively applying those laws. This case decided whether state bankruptcy laws violated the provision in Article I...
x Dartmouth College v. Woodward Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 518 (1819), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the application of the Contract Clause of the United States Constitution to private corporations. The case arose...
x Cohens v. Virginia   Supreme Court of the United States    
Cohens v. Virginia, 19 U.S. 264 (1821), was a United States Supreme Court decision most noted for John Marshall and the Court's assertion of its power to review state supreme court decisions in criminal law matters when the defendant claims that...
x Johnson v. M'Intosh Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Johnson v. M'Intosh, 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543 (1823), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that private citizens could not purchase lands from Native Americans. As the facts were recited by Chief Justice John Marshall, the...
x Gibbons v. Ogden Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Gibbons v. Ogden, 22 U.S. 1 (1824), was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the power to regulate interstate commerce was granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution. The...
x Osborn v. Bank of the United States Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Osborn v. Bank of the United States, 22 U.S. 738 (1824), was a case set in the Banking Crisis of 1819, during which many banks, including the Second Bank of the United States, demanded repayment for loans which they had issued on credit that they...
x Ogden v. Saunders Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Ogden v. Saunders, 25 U.S. 213 (1827), was a United States Supreme Court case that determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in contrast to a clause of the Constitution of the United States. It was the only Constitutional decision from which Chief...
x Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co. Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Willson v. Black-Bird Creek Marsh Co., 27 U.S. (2 Pet.) 245 (1829), was a significant United States Supreme Court case regarding the definition of the Commerce Clause in Article 1 sec. 8, cl. 3 of the U.S. Constitution. Willson, the owner of a sloop...
x Cherokee Nation v. Georgia Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. 1 (1831), was a United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation sought a federal injunction against laws passed by the state of Georgia depriving them of rights within its boundaries, but the Supreme Court...
x Worcester v. Georgia Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. (6 Pet.) 515 (1832), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court vacated the conviction of Samuel Worcester and held that the Georgia criminal statute that prohibited non-Indians from being present on Indian...
x Barron v. Baltimore Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court established a precedent on whether the United States Bill of Rights could be applied to state governments. John Barron, co-owned a profitable...
x Ex parte Madrazzo   Supreme Court of the United States    
Ex Parte Madrazzo, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 627 (1833), is a United States Supreme Court case involving the suit of Juan Madrazo, a citizen of the Kingdom of Spain, against the state of Georgia. This was Juan Madrazo's second encounter with the United...
x Wheaton v. Peters   Supreme Court of the United States    
Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. (8 Pet.) 591 (1834), was the first United States Supreme Court ruling on copyright. The case upheld the power of Congress to make a grant of copyright protection subject to conditions and rejected the doctrine of a common...
x Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, 36 U.S. 420 (1837), was a case regarding the Charles River Bridge and the Warren Bridge of Boston, Massachusetts, heard by the United States Supreme Court under the leadership of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney....
x Amistad Seal of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of the United States    
The Amistad, also known as United States v. Libellants and Claimants of the Schooner Amistad, 40 U.S. 518 (1841), was a United States Supreme Court case resulting from the rebellion of Africans on board the Spanish schooner Amistad in 1839. It was...
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